Also known as AB170601, Foxen Mudstone, Shuman Cut
Where: Santa Maria County, California (34.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 119.9° W)
When: Foxen Mudstone Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone and siltstone
•mudstone and clayey siltstone with diatomaceous
•shale interbedded in its lower part. Limestone
•concretions and phosphatic pellets are
•widespread throughout. Lenticular conglomerates
•are present at the base of the section.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Alexandra Buczek, Austin Hendy in 2017; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin 133(1-2):100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214281: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Alexandra Buczek on 22.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
Calyptraea contorta Carpenter 1864 slipper shell | |
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Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
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Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail | |
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia)
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail | |
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Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 snail | |
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Puncturella cooperi Carpenter 1864 puncturella | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
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Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 venus clam | |